DROP, CURVE, FORMAT!

..yeah thats what i was screaming. when the professor turned the floor over to us, i saw the reactions on many people's faces that this would be an impossible task. so i sat there thinking of the simplest solution. the talk of averaging this score with that score and taking a tenth of that test and adding in this extra credit with my 3rd test and subtracting my first score from the second to divide by the whole to equal my final grade was getting out of hand. so amongst my usual surrounding buddies i said i wanted the curve and to drop the lowest grade, one of us overheard that another side of the room was thinking the same solution so i screamed "drop, curve, format" and then we kept running with it..

i supposed the category that i fell into was the collaborating group. my intial choice would have been to get up there and handle it myself, but i sat back this time. i did not completely withdraw myself from the action, but i knew that what i wanted was heard and it was up to the class to continue to support that idea, which was not only mine.

what would have been better for the class as a whole would have been to compromise, to see each other all as equals. the time limit was a huge pressure on everyone and the few people that refused to push their stubborness away were holding us back from coming to a conclusion faster. i'm content with the end result, but next time we need a woman leader ;] hahah

oh huevo.

Huevo is quite the trooper, but his parents, all 6 of us, were responsible for his journey.

The creation of his hourglass shaped survival contraption was the result of quick planning and good teamwork. In our 25 minutes of brainstorming we tackled Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the planning process. We weighed out the pro's and con's of the traditional cube and then.. Our artist was responsible for the creative design of the hourglass and although certain members couldn't quite grasp the concept of the hourglass, the artist continued to sketch until it was clear to everyone. The 25 brainstorming period seemed a bit long to us, we were finished in about 10 and were more worried about the building time. In Step 2, we understood that not all hands could not be on deck, molesting little huevo was not the solution. So we split roles so it wouldn't end in the death of huevo. Some ripped tape, some gave corrective critiques to the positioning of pieces of tape, some taped the straws together for the final product, some cheered and some tried to steal scissors. The artist resigned and watched as we brought her sketch to life. After we had finished the basic figure of the sketch we decided to add more to it for alternative [tragic] endings. Safety first. We thought of other ways the contraption could have turned in air and began to add more cushioning in those tender spots. We continued to have our original goal in mind for success, there was not much doubt in us.. Whether it was life or death for Huevo we all saw that our teamwork was successful because we stuck to our plans with time to spare.

Honestly the biggest dispute was naming the egg, I voted Milton and Norton.. and I got rejected..

Then i wanted to write his name on the egg, I got rejected again.. bummer.. but Huevo, he's the man